Rathornan

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathornan, from 135 m² to 245,901 m² (24.59 ha, 60.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Rathornan in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 3 Dec 2024Conditional

  sought for the construction of a Two-Storey Dwelling, septic tank & percolation area, connection to mains water, splayed entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460389

• 27 Feb 2023N/a

  Planning permission is sought for (i) The demolition of existing dwelling. (ii) The construction of a two storey dwelling, new wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360024

• 23 Mar 2022Conditional

  the construction of a bungalow dwelling, detached garage, wastewater treatment system, bored well, new splayed entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 22108

• 24 Jun 2019Conditional

  alteration of existing entrance gates, setback of existing hedgerow and ancillary works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 19254

• 28 Nov 2018Conditional

  for the following: 1) demolition of existing lean to extension (37.4msq) to rear of existing bungalow, 2) construction of a new single storey and two storey extension (141.1msq) to rear of existing bungalow, replacement of existing windows and doors, reconfiguration of internal layout, minor internal and external alterations and 3) proposed new domestic garage (58.5msq) and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 18464

• 20 Nov 2018N/a

  for the following: 1) demolition of existing lean to extension (37.4msq) to rear of existing bungalow, 2) construction of a new single storey and two storey extension (141.1msq) to rear of existing bungalow, replacement of existing windows and doors, reconfiguration of internal layout, minor internal and external alterations and 3) proposed new domestic garage (58.5msq) and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 18453

• 20 Oct 2017Conditional

  Planning permission sought for the construction of a Dwelling house, Garage, entrance, bored well, septic tank or propriety effluent treatment system which ever applicable, percolation area and ancillary services

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 17301

• 3 May 2017Conditional

  Planning permision for a single storey extension to the side of existing single story dwelling, relocation of front door from its current location, minor alterations to exisiting front door façade including raised ridge height, new waste water treatment system and percolation area, single story shed to rear and all associated site works.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 17139

• 9 Mar 2017N/a

  Planning permission sought for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, entrance, bored well, septic tank or propriety effluent treatment system which ever applicable, percolation area, and ancillary services

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 1772

• 27 Jan 2017Refused

  development on the Barrow Navigation (The River Barrow) through the townlands of: NEWACRE, NEWGARDEN, BESTFIELD or DUNGANSTOWN, STRAWHALL, CARLOW, GRAIGUE, CLOGRENAN, KILLEESHAL, BALLINABRANNAGH, BALLYGOWAN, PART OF TOMARD UPPER (ED Rathornan), TOMARD UPPER (ED Rathornan), PART OF TOMARD LOWER (ED Clogrenan), RATHORNAN, RATHVINDEN, BALLYKNOCKAN (Idrone West By), LEIGHLINBRIDGE, RATHELLIN, DUNLECKNY, MONEYBEG, KILREE, SLIGUFF, KILGRANEY (Idrone East By), CLOMONEY (Idrone East By), BALLYELLIN and TOMDARRAGH, BALLYTEIGELEA (Idrone East By) , BORRIS, BALLYNAGRANE, COURNELLAN, BALLYKEENAN (St. Mullin's Lower By), HARRISTOWN, TINNAHINCH, KNOCKEEN, CARRIGLEAD, BAHANA, St. MULLIN'S The proposal consists of the development of a multi-use shared leisure route (Blueway), approximately 115 Kilometres (KM) in length, on the existing navigation towpath, which is a National Waymarked Way. This will include tailored surface finishes, information, directional and safety signage, and all other associated ancillary works. The route traverses parts of counties Kildare, Laois and Carlow. The route commences in Lowtown, County Kildare, passes through County Laois and finishes in St. Mullins, County Carlow. Approximately 52KM of the route is in County Carlow, 16KM in County Laois and 47 KM in County Kildare. The proposal will involve works to or within the curtilage of the following protected structures: An Environmental Impact Statement and Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the project and are submitted with the application.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 1718

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• CW012-039 Earthwork
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Large high flat-topped mound (diam. c. 40m; H 3m-5m). Possibly formed by cutting back glacial hillock. Aerial photograph (GB89.Y10.) shows 'Cranavonane Fort' (Barrett 1989).

• CW012-041 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map as irregular enclosure with trees (est max. diam. c. 35m). Referred to as 'rath' in OS Letters (1839, 27-8). No visible surface traces.

• CW012-042 Mound
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown on 1938-39 'OS 6-inch' map as small circular mound (max. diam. c. 20m). No visible surface traces. Already seriously damaged by 1839 OS 6" map, 27-8).

• CW012-043 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Large well preserved monument, consisting of circular area (diam. 19m) enclosed by wide fosse (Wth 10m; D 1.5m). Interior is domed but does not rise above surrounding ground level. Field boundary skirts monument from SE-SW-NW, but no definite evidence of external bank.

• CW012-204 Ring-ditch
  Description

  OSI orthophoto (1995) shows cropmark of a ring-ditch. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 8 March 2012

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathornan.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Rathornan, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2411 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

• Rathornan, Leighlinbridge6 sales

Name

Rathornan · Ráth Thornáin

Area

1,293,129 m² (129.31 ha, 319.54 acres)

Civil parish

Tullowcreen, and its townlands

Barony

Idrone West

Electoral division

Rathornan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

438 people lived in 135 households in the Rathornan electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coolnakisha, Cranavonane, Glebe, Orchard, Powerstown, Rathvinden, Tomard Upper

Placenames

Rathornan on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.